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Division of the Budget
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Topeka, KS 66612                                Division of the Budget                                http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director                                                                              Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                    March 16, 2021

          The Honorable Larry Alley, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
          Statehouse, Room 136-E
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator Alley:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 292 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 292 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  SB 292 would amend existing law concerning advance ballots to specify the requirements
          for a person to transmit or deliver an advance voting ballot to a county election officer or polling
          place on behalf of a voter other than the person delivering the ballot. In addition, the bill would
          prohibit any person from delivering more than five advance ballots on behalf of other voters.
                  According to the Secretary of State, enactment of SB 292 would have no fiscal effect on
          the agency. According to the Office of Judicial Administration, enactment of the bill could
          increase the number of cases filed in district courts because it creates a new crime. This, in turn,
          would increase the time spent by district court judicial and nonjudicial personnel in processing,
          researching, and hearing cases. Since this crime carries a severity level 9, nonperson felony
          penalty, there could also be more supervision of offenders required to be performed by court
          services officers. In addition, the enactment of the bill could result in the collection of additional
          docket fees, supervision fees and fines assessed in those cases filed under the provisions of the
          bill; however the fiscal effect on the Judicial Branch cannot be estimated. Any fiscal effect
          associated with SB 292 is not reflected in The FY 2022 Governor’s Budget Report.
                  The Kansas Association of Counties indicates that enactment of SB 292 could cause some
          costs for election officials who would need to enforce and monitor the provisions of the bill.


                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                Adam Proffitt
                                                                Director of the Budget
          cc: Debbie Thomas, Judiciary
              Jay Hall, Association of Counties
              Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 25-1124, 25-1128